Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim ! {lulz?^^}

Tleno · Mar 21, 2012

I will upload my mods to SN eventually. Not to mention some of my friends who play Skyrim got, ugh, pirated versions, and would like to try out my mods, so I'll have my mods uploaded there earlier or later.

HFR · Mar 21, 2012

Ew pirated versions just like the one I have.

Tleno · Mar 21, 2012

Yes, something like that.

Talking about ew, latest patch seems to have messed up the shadows/lighting to me. Shadows are kinda flickering when the camera moves... anybody knows how to fix this? Or will I have to wait for lousy Bethesda programmers to fix this in one of the patches?

indomitable1319 · Mar 22, 2012

Pirated versions suck.
You can't update them.
Therefore, I can't update mine.

HFR · Mar 22, 2012

Actually you can, derp.

Cihparg · Mar 22, 2012

Tleno said:
Yes, something like that.

Talking about ew, latest patch seems to have messed up the shadows/lighting to me. Shadows are kinda flickering when the camera moves... anybody knows how to fix this? Or will I have to wait for lousy Bethesda programmers to fix this in one of the patches?

..That's strange. My friend got about 10x improved shadows/FPS when the shadow patch came.
( I also got improved shadows/shadow performance for 360 )

Check your ATI/NVIDIA control panel to see if anything is wrong there.

Deolrin · Mar 22, 2012

indomitable1319 said:
Pirated versions suck.
You can't update them.
Therefore, I can't update mine.

Yes you can.

Tleno · Mar 22, 2012

Hmmm, yes, I should really try updating the drivers or something.

Well, yes, you can update pirated versions but, but, ugh... they still kinda suck in technical way. All my friends who got pirated ones have their Skyrim crash more often or the loading time for quicktravel/loadgame are extremely long.

HFR · Mar 22, 2012

My "copy" never crashed, ever

The_wand_mirror · Mar 22, 2012

lolol mine is also pirated and it never crashed and loads everything in just a few seconds soo...

Deolrin · Mar 22, 2012

Tleno said:
Well, yes, you can update pirated versions but, but, ugh... they still kinda suck in technical way. All my friends who got pirated ones have their Skyrim crash more often or the loading time for quicktravel/loadgame are extremely long.

Mine was crashing often, but an update from Bethesda(which claimed to have fixed crashing issues that users were experiencing) fixed it. Ever since then, no crashes at all. And no huge loading times either. Playing on High graphics with Low shadows and no anti-aliasing\antiseptic filtering, and the lower resolution versions of the "Skyrim HD - 2K Textures" mod.
They're exactly the same, if not better. The guys who crack games often fix stuff that the developers forgot or were too lazy\low on time to fix, according to GhostWolf(or some other guy from the Hive, I don't remember).

Tleno · Mar 22, 2012

Hmmm... weird. Uh, well, I guess the crashing thing depends from your software/hardware - it may work crashlessly on soem computers and, uh, crash from time to time on other ones.

And yea, bethesda programmers, as I think I already mentioned, are lousy.

Luffy · Mar 22, 2012

Curse bioware for their endings and curse bethesda for their lousiness

I'll just wait for the GOTY edition. :goblin_yeah:

Which will -hopefully- fix all the bugs and issues, which will also bring the fine expansion packs / official DLC's. Until then, I should just stick with the first version

Tleno · Mar 23, 2012

Ooooh... by the way, any rumors or info about the Skyrim expansions/DLCs?

indomitable1319 · Mar 23, 2012

Waiiiit.
YOU CAN?!
OMG KILLCAMS FTW!
...
But how do you update?

Tleno · Mar 23, 2012

Dunno. One my friend who pirated it said he just downloaded those patches from somewhere.

HFR · Mar 23, 2012

You do it the old way, download patches manually.

Deolrin · Mar 23, 2012

This thread needs more awesomeness.

Nord Mead(by Miracle of Sound): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5350-Nord-Mead-Skyrim
Khajiit Like To Sneak(by Miracle of Sound): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...m_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news
Skyrim Trick Shots: http://achievementhunter.com/archive/?id=4509&carousel=1&cid=3
Greybeard Shout Fail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMfISe7hx-g&list=FLk6-ahfI3mh-gzaFKpJiBkw&index=17&feature=plpp_video

Anyone else got awesome Skyrim-related videos\images?

indomitable1319 · Mar 23, 2012

One last question, must I download each patch between 1.0 and 1.5 to update it fully?

Deolrin · Mar 23, 2012

No, I think you can just download the latest(Update 7).

But you should download them separately, just in case. They're really small either way.

Tleno · Mar 23, 2012

Yeesh.

Ugh, well, feel free to check my Steam profile's album at any time. And yes, got a few hilarious screenies and even more hilarious incidents. Like, once, I got Fus Ro Dahed by a draugr onto one of those pressure plates that triggered the trap, and what do you think, I got hit by one!

clockwork2 · Mar 23, 2012

hrrmmm...in Sky-rim can you still kill and rob people??i was an outlaw in oblivion...

indomitable1319 · Mar 23, 2012

Yeah. The Elder Scrolls usually allow the player to play in any style they want to, either a hero or a villain; but you should be weary about killing NPCs for they may hold a quest for you.

Luffy · Mar 23, 2012

clockwork2 said:
hrrmmm...in Sky-rim can you still kill and rob people??i was an outlaw in oblivion...

No, you only give candies and cupcakes to bandits, and hugs and flowers to the cute dragoneys, also when you do it to the townspeople, you got a love letter from the dark brotherhood too..

clockwork2 · Mar 24, 2012

, that's just wierd luffy...

Tleno · Mar 24, 2012

That's sarcasm, actually.

Well, actually, yea, I don't recommend murdering townsfolk, too. Well, you can, actually, after their quest is complete if they have any.

Luffy · Mar 24, 2012

Guess what? That stupid woman in Riften who has an armor stand on the street and who gives a light armor training, can sell an enchanted dragonscale boots in her merchandise inventory. And yep, I didn't sell her anything like that. Big bad bugs >.<

Tleno · Mar 25, 2012

That's not a bug. Dragonscale/Dragonbone armor parts can be found or bought, too. I once encountered a Dragonbone helm at bandit camp. As I checked the loot tables in editor, I discovered that it's not a bug, but there is actually a pretty small chance of these appearing for sale/beeing found.

Luffy · Mar 25, 2012

That's so irrational. That means that someone other than player can actually kill dragons and use their bones to craft some awesome armory (in the means of roleplaying, of course)

I hope that I can find some fan made mod to prevent that.

Deolrin · Mar 25, 2012

Or, you know...

All of those dragon bones and dragon scales that you've been randomly throwing away because they're over-encumbering you have piled up a little bit. Some of those bandits may not be as stupid as they seem. I bet they could hammer down a helmet from all of the scales and bones laying about everywhere.

Luffy · Mar 26, 2012

Nah, I do collect every single piece of dragon bones and scales. Also, I disagree, if bandits were that smart/skillful, they would most probably compliantly work as a blacksmith somewhere. Wouldn't operate as a stupid bandit.

RED BARON · Mar 26, 2012

Luffy said:
Nah, I do collect every single piece of dragon bones and scales. Also, I disagree, if bandits were that smart/skillful, they would most probably compliantly work as a blacksmith somewhere. Wouldn't operate as a stupid bandit.

Well while I agree that chances of them being able to smith stuff with dragon bone is very low, I can see two arguments for allowing it in there.

1: A skilled smith might still become an outlaw, if he for instance fancy rapes, easy money, leading a gang, made a crime in anger, fled from the army so on.

2: Who said they made the armor you can buy? Considering that dragons existed in the world before, dragon skeletons existed and there is plenty of dungeons from ancient times around, how unlikely is it truly that they found the dragon armor stuff somewhere? Ancient stuff that is.

Tleno · Mar 26, 2012

Yea, I bet those dragon burial spots could have been robbed by bandits or anyone else. Besides, the chance of finding the dragonscale/dragonbone armor is pretty low, so it's kinda rational.

Deolrin · Mar 26, 2012

I do wonder, though - What would happen if a dragon were to be temporarily slain(with his soul still intact), and then instantly skinned and his bones torn to pieces, and then scattered all over the place or crafted into armor... Would the dragon still eventually come back to life? If so, how?

Luffy · Mar 26, 2012

RED BARON said:
Well while I agree that chances of them being able to smith stuff with dragon bone is very low, I can see two arguments for allowing it in there.

1: A skilled smith might still become an outlaw, if he for instance fancy rapes, easy money, leading a gang, made a crime in anger, fled from the army so on.

2: Who said they made the armor you can buy? Considering that dragons existed in the world before, dragon skeletons existed and there is plenty of dungeons from ancient times around, how unlikely is it truly that they found the dragon armor stuff somewhere? Ancient stuff that is.

1: Well, I think that bethesda developers must have given some proper degree of fame/infamy for that bandit smith, then. As we know that probably best known blacksmith in all of skyrim is, that greymane guy on whiterun. (aside from player) Who also gives master training. There's some outlaw smith who ran away from society and skillful enough to craft some dragonbone armory, and we don't hear anything about it. Rational, really.

2: Hmm, then I think that must have been something more Ancient Nord Armor-like. I mean, something deformed, old, rusty and different from what player crafts as dragonbone armory. It's tend to get old and deformed in that condition.

I do wonder, though - What would happen if a dragon were to be temporarily slain(with his soul still intact), and then instantly skinned and his bones torn to pieces, and then scattered all over the place or crafted into armor... Would the dragon still eventually come back to life? If so, how?

Maybe dragon soul gets stuck in the armor? That would be awesome, that reminded me of some legendary Oblivion questline which can be found at tesnexus :ogre_hurrhurr:

Tleno · Mar 26, 2012

Erm, not sure abour dragon armor getting deformed if it's so good.

Oh, and I bet that if the dragon gets.. salvaged into pieces and there is none left in the burial spot, I bet he wouldn't be reanimateable - Alduin tends to visit only those burial ground locations, and he would fail to find anything there, obviously he wouldn't search for the scattered pieces - those would be to small for sucha large creature to search for.

RED BARON · Mar 26, 2012

Tleno said:
Erm, not sure abour dragon armor getting deformed if it's so good.

I would love to see the giant dragon go shopping for helmets and armors in the cities and get pieces from camps all around the country. Would look mighty funny :grin:

Also, I agree - I don't believe it would get deformed, since its mostly bone.

The_wand_mirror · Mar 26, 2012

Luffy said:
Maybe dragon soul gets stuck in the armor? That would be awesome, that reminded me of some legendary Oblivion questline which can be found at tesnexus

lol then the dragon would be like "I still live mortal!" but then you would say "Aw that sucks dude i just made a new purse out of dragonscales for lydia... and some underpants for myself and well... sucks to be you =p"

Tleno · Mar 27, 2012

Heh, dragonskin underpants? What's next, spriggan socks?

Luffy · Mar 27, 2012

Lol, actually the dragon which is skinned to be Lydia's underpants gotta be even luckier than his normal self

God, my previous post is a mess. I guess I was too tired when I wrote that, lol

The_wand_mirror · Mar 27, 2012

Tleno said:
Heh, dragonskin underpants? What's next, spriggan socks?

Nah a bench for in the backyard or something...

Luffy · Mar 28, 2012

Fire Atronach condoms. The best extent, the best quality.

Nah, okay that wasn't funny.

The_wand_mirror · Mar 28, 2012

What the hell man i'm 125+ hours ingame and it starts freezing up everytime all of a sudden =/

Ugh it just freezes and never comes back up again... i have to sign off to kill it (or task manager but signing off is easier =p)

clockwork2 · Mar 29, 2012

dragon underwear??? That has got to be uncomfortable, also I wouldn't wear soul imbued underwear, they're pervs.

Tleno · Mar 29, 2012

Wand_Mirror, it can't be related to time you spent for sure, there must be some sother problem. Maybe a mod, or a patch, or software/hardware issue?

indomitable1319 · Mar 30, 2012

I have another question about updating my Skyrim.
First off, I saw that Update 1.1.2 was the Stealth Update; which requires the game to be on Steam.
There's a problem, my copy doesn't run on Steam.
If I update mine, it could prevent me from playing it because I am not on Steam; therefore ending my Skyrim days.

Is there any way to bypass this? Or should I just go straight to Patch 1.5 already?

Deolrin · Mar 30, 2012

First off, I saw that Update 1.1.2 was the Stealth Update; which requires the game to be on Steam.

What are you even talking about... ._.

Luffy · Mar 30, 2012

Well, actually what I recommend is; don't update anything at all, because you guys have said that some of the bugs which in the new versions were even more annoying than the bugs in older versions. Instead, enjoy your current version, and buy Game Of The Year Edition a few years later (ofcourse if you wish to buy)

That's what I will do.

indomitable1319 · Mar 30, 2012

http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Patch

The_wand_mirror · Mar 30, 2012

Tleno said:
Wand_Mirror, it can't be related to time you spent for sure, there must be some sother problem. Maybe a mod, or a patch, or software/hardware issue?

I already fixed it, have no idea what it was but i copied the installation that i had in my backup folder and now it works again... i suspect the latest mod i installed.